CMTA Design Overview

Project Portfolio

About CMTA

CMTA was founded in 1968 and is recognized as a national leader in high performance, sustainable design within the engineering industry. Our firm has leveraged our expertise in high performance, energy-efficient design into a nationwide practice that includes consulting engineering, performance contracting and zero energy design, technology solutions, and commissioning services.

CMTA prides itself on its data-driven, performance-based design process. Performance-based design uses benchmarking of our projects’ real-world energy usage as a challenge to our engineers to continuously improve energy performance. CMTA’s first signature performance-based design project was Richardsville Elementary School, the nation’s first operational Zero Energy school. Since then, our Zero Energy projects have led our firm into the national spotlight.

Because we walk the talk, we are true partners vested in sharing our knowledge with our clients. Our corporate headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky and our Lexington, Kentucky offices are both zero energy buildings with perfect ENERGY STAR scores. And our CMTA Energy Solutions corporate office in Louisville is the first in the U.S. to operate as Zero Energy and achieve WELL Gold certification. CMTA strives to create strong relationships with building owners and managers while also focusing on the health and comfort of the people who live, work, and play in spaces we design.

ESG / SQ FT

1B+

As an ESG advisor, Legence is maximizing the efficiency of more than 1 billion square feet across 5,000+ buildings.

NET ZERO / SQ FT

9M+

Legence has undertaken 10 million square feet of net zero energy design and implemented more than 100 MW of renewable generation.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

$5B+

Our community engagement and technical expertise has generated over $5 billion in energy and infrastructure projects.

OFFICES

50+

Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Legence operates more than 50 offices across the US.

We’re a legion of companies committed to making the spaces we occupy more sustainable, healthy, and efficient.

A Company

CMTA is part of Legence, a Blackstone portfolio company. Comprised of 11 innovative companies and 3,500+ people, our team of engineers, advisors, and contractors are working together to make the spaces we occupy healthier and more sustainable.

Legence is an Energy Transition Accelerator™ — we radically improve the performance of the built environment by maximizing efficiency consumption today and into the future. Since 1963, our teams have delivered results at the intersection of engineering, technology, and sustainability. Legence has a proven track record of reducing carbon emissions, implementing renewables, lowering utility costs through increased efficiency, and optimizing system performance — all at unmatched speed and scale. To learn more about Legence and its services, visit https://www.wearelegence.com/.

How We Make Our Vision a Reality

Our Mission

Leverage our expertise and passion to create meaningful experiences and opportunities for the CMTA team and our clients while serving the greater good.

Our Vision

Lead the decarbonization of the built environment using evidence-based Building Science Leadership to create energy-efficient, healthy buildings around the world.

CMTA is a leader in building science. Our engineers lead a highperformance design process that includes building owners, architect/engineering design team, and its operations staff combined with data we’ve collected from projects of similar design and scope. This collaborative process sets expectations during the planning phase to ensure the project is on track from the start. This is Building Science Leadership.

CMTA consistently applies creative thinking and scientific expertise to improve the built environment for everyone. Our Building Science Leadership approach includes six pillars: First 30, Data-Driven Design, Occupant Health & Wellness, National Energy Goals, Research, and Design Innovations.

W. Edwards Deming’s statement, “You cannot manage what you do not measure,” was the inspiration for our benchmarking program and data-driven design pillar. Measuring performance differentiates CMTA from other engineering firms. While we consider ourselves experts in energy modeling, the proof of excellence in sustainable design is demonstrated by 12 months of actual energy bills post-occupancy.

Office Locations

MEP Engineering

Zero Energy / Carbon Engineering

Renewable Energy & Sustainability

Engineering

LEED & WELL Building Certification

Consulting

Energy Modeling

Commissioning Services (Cx)

Technology / Security Infrastructure

Design

Performance Contracting

Construction Administration

Energy as a Service (EaaS)

750+ Employees

35 Offices Nationwide

190+ Professional Engineers

121 LEED APs

19 WELL APs

21 Commissioning Agents

Most International Technology Awarded Firm

Building Science Leadership

— It’s our approach to every project.

First 30

This is a collaborative, immersive process that goes beyond standard systems analyses. We strive to be true partners invested in the success and wellbeing of the occupants of the buildings with a holistic design approach.

Data-Driven Design

Collaborate, innovate, create, and evaluate are the foundational concepts of our performance-based design philosophy. Our success is measured using real data, collected over time and proven in realworld applications.

Design Innovation

We invent products, fill gaps in the industry and are transforming the market with innovative solutions.

Occupant Health and Wellness

We deliver the best value that extends beyond cost to improve human health while exceeding energy savings expectations.

National Energy Goals

We work to achieve sustainable energy independence and are a leader in the development of Zero Energy building designs.

Research

We continuously measure and verify energy usage, investigate and test new technologies, and survey occupants to determine performance outcomes.

From new construction to remodels, Building Science Leadership allows us to apply our vast expertise to deliver unprecedented results. It gives us the ability to deliver exceptional value to all of our partners.

Zero Energy + Decarbonization

CMTA’s zero energy and decarbonization strategy is simple –design for drastic energy reduction, then consider renewable energy options. And while decarbonization looks at overall carbon emissions reduction, lowering the project’s energy use is an important piece in that process.

CMTA strives to be on the cutting edge of energy and carbon reduction driven by our innovative teams, research-based ideas, and data-driven results. This ideal is supported by our completed and in-progress projects as well as the positive impact of our projects on our owners and end-users.

9M+ SF in Zero Energy / Zero Carbon Facilities

25M+SF Projects Operating Under 30 kBTU/SF/Yr

180M Metric Tons CO2E Eliminated per Year

Beyond Engineering Consulting Services

In addition to acting as engineer of record, CMTA also functions as sustainability and wellness consultants. Our team members act as mentors and facilitators to help a design team and owner set goals and identify the key steps to be taken during design and construction. Our experienced teams have led hundreds of charrettes for various project types, collaborating with project owners and stakeholders to set facility goals, including energy reduction, occupant health and wellness, and building certifications such as LEED, WELL, or Energy Star. In addition, our team works to challenge both designers and owners to achieve exceptional results within the project budget and timeline while improving the project for the greater good.

Achieving Certifications

Although third-party building certifications are not a goal for every project or owner, our success in guiding projects through the process of achieving certifications is another way we can quantify our effectiveness as a leader in sustainability.

202 LEED Projects

21 Platinum; 87 Gold; 67 Silver; 27 Certified

9 WELL Projects

5 Gold; 4 Certified

700+ ENERGY STAR projects scoring over 75

Energy Solutions Corporate Office Louisville, Kentucky

Occupant Health + Wellness

CMTA’s buildings are moving beyond energy efficiency and sustainability to lead the industry’s focus on improving occupant health. Our team has a vast understanding of the building performance metrics and design strategies that improve the built environment for occupant comfort and wellness. This knowledge allows us to be successful in incorporating strategies that improve the health and wellbeing of the occupant while still maintaining budget and energy efficiency goals.

Our continuous drive for improvement fuels our research into Indoor air quality, lighting, and comfort as markers for occupant wellness. This allows us to incorporate proven strategies into every project we complete. We focus on delivering the

best value for the building owner and the occupants, which goes beyond costs, and improves human health while maintaining budget and energy-efficiency goals.

Walking the Talk

We take great pride in being thought leaders, paving the way for others to follow. We accept this challenge with enthusiasm and responsibility. CMTA is a firm that has built its reputation on research and datadriven design.

We designed our own corporate office to achieve WELL Gold and operate Zero Energy. In 2020, the CMTA Energy Solutions Corporate Office became the first WELL Gold Certified, Zero Energy Building in the country.

We spend about 85% of our lives in buildings, and it is essential that architects and engineers understand how the built environment affects the health and wellness of its occupants.

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Performance Contracting

Most performance contracting firms focus on individual energy conservation measures. CMTA takes the same holistic approach to performance contracting as we do to our design. We benchmark a building’s existing energy consumption and compare it to our database of real energy performance. This comparison allows us to fully understand the building’s potential. Based on this understanding, we target a new energy usage rate and design strategies to meet the goal.

The energy performance guarantee differentiates CMTA from all our competition. In this industry, it is standard to use an energy model as the basis of the guarantee. CMTA’s approach sets us apart because we guarantee the energy savings based on the actual utility meter readings.

CMTA reviews guarantee options with each client in order to provide a project guarantee and measurement and verification plan that is beneficial for the client. For buildings with deep retrofits, we always utilize a full meter guarantee which expresses the guarantee as a simple math problem. The meter is read at the beginning of the year and again at the end of the year. The difference shows if the guarantee was met or not.

Every project that CMTA has completed to date has not only met the guarantee using this model, but exceeded it in every case.

$500M Contracts Executed $30M+ Exceeded Savings

K-12 Education

CMTA has been engineering K-12 facilities for over 50 years and understands how buildings affect students’ success, health, and wellness. We recognize that a building does more than house its occupants, it must promote student success by enhancing their comfort and health. This is accomplished through our attention to air quality, temperature, natural daylighting, reducing energy consumption, and WELL principles. We strive to supply school districts with the best systems for their buildings and users, while keeping operating costs low.

In addition to design, our leaders serve on technical and standards committees and regularly contribute to the development of the handbook and national high-performance building standards. In fact, we helped author ASHRAE’s Advanced Energy Design Guide for K-12 School Buildings – Achieving Zero Energy Three out of six schools featured in the guide were designed by CMTA.

98M Square Feet

$13B+ Construction Value

DCPS Banneker Academic High School Washington, DC

STEM Curriculum Integration

In the early 2000s, CMTA began using the buildings as a teaching tool, pulling back the curtain on building systems so staff and students alike could understand the effect of systems on performance. Watching our students lead tours of their high-performance buildings and listening to them explain the systems, and observing the interactions between the building and its occupants inspired our team of building science leaders.

Having pioneered some of the most student-oriented, interactive learning dashboards ever implemented, CMTA was not content to rest. As a result, our team of building scientists are once again ahead of the curve with CMTA SPHERE.

CMTA SPHERE combines the latest in immersive technology with virtual reality customized to a particular facility. Each SPHERE system is unique, designed to reinforce a project’s particular educational goals, and aligns with STEM goals that drive future success.

www.sphere.cmta.com

CMTA SPHERE Dashboard

Arlington Public Schools, Discovery Elementary Arlington, Virginia

John Lewis Elementary School

District of Columbia Public Schools | Washington, DC

The 98,000-square-foot John Lewis Elementary (formerly West Education Campus) is the first-ever WELL and Zero Energy-targeted K-12 school. The elementary school was recently modernized to reflect 21st Century learning environments and to address educational and programmatic space needs for the District of Columbia Public Schools. The school is designed to focus on occupant health and wellness, promoting student well-being and academic performance through healthy learning environments.

The healthy school will achieve Net Zero Energy through high-performance building systems, including geothermal HVAC, LED lighting, daylighting, a tight thermal envelope, and roof-mounted photovoltaic array. With the rightsized, energy-efficient building systems, West Educational Campus will produce more energy than it consumes annually and achieve Zero Energy while saving DCPS in utility costs.

Project at a Glance Completion: 2021

Size: 98,000 SF

Cost: $60,000,000

Project Type: New Facility

Awards / Certifications:

Zero Energy-Targeted

LEED Platinum Targeted

WELL Targeted

Frederick Douglass High School

Fayette County Public Schools | Lexington, Kentucky

The new Frederick Douglass High School is a two-story, 287,000 SF facility serving 1,800 students and 150 staff in the Fayette County Public School District in Lexington, Kentucky. The facility added the capacity required in the rapidly growing school district with the intent of being the district’s first net zero energy–ready high school. It also is home to the Carter G. Woodson Academy, a 6th–12th-grade academy focused on highpotential minority males in the district.

Energy-efficient approaches, like geothermal heating, demand-controlled ventilation, and high volume low-velocity fans (and, in the future, a roof-mounted solar array), keep operational costs for the 21st-century prototype school within

budget. As a result, the past 12 months’ utility cost has been $0.58/SF ($6.24/m2), which is the lowest cost of any Fayette County Public Schools high school. The outside air, LED lighting, and window glazing systems were also design options that the design team considered to ensure initial cost and utility costs were minimized. The school’s energy usage is 60% lower than the average K-12 school.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2017

Size: 287,000 SF

Cost: $62,300,000

Project Type: New Construction Awards / Certifications: Zero Energy-Ready

NeoCity Academy STEM School

Osceola County School District | Kissimmee, Florida

To increase NeoCity Academy’s ability to succeed at their STEM mission, CMTA designed the Zero Energy school that meets rigorous WELL Building design standards – both are firsts for the State of Florida. The mix of traditional systems with new technology helped bring this performance to reality— all without a premium in first cost or energy usage. In particular, a tight envelope to reduce the quantity of hot and humid air was a goal. This was achieved through great architectural details and diligence during construction.

The building design increases student performance by utilizing strategies that are supported by research and data to contribute to student success. NeoCity

Academy includes increased outside air ventilation in learning spaces to control peak carbon dioxide levels to increase students’ cognitive ability. The lighting design consists of both daylighting and LED light fixtures. This supports alertness during the day and aligns with our natural circadian rhythm.

Project at a Glance Completion: 2019

Size: 45,000 SF

Cost: $13,200,000

Project Type: New Construction Awards / Certifications: Zero Energy

2020 USGBC Climate Champion Florida’s First Zero Energy School

Thaden School

Walton Family Foundation | Bentonville, Arkansas

The Thaden School was founded in 2016 as a start-up private school serving grades 7-12 for the NW Arkansas region. The brand-new campus is located in downtown Bentonville on a 26-acre site that was previously a fairground. The school is committed to ensuring that students from all income levels have the opportunity to attend through a comprehensive scholarship program.

The initial project consists of four large structures on the west parcel with parking, playfields, trails, and a Bike Barn located on the east parcel. The short walk outdoors between classes fosters a sense of community and connection to nature that is not always present on a K-12 campus.

All buildings on the west parcel share a common geothermal wellfield serving variable speed heat pumps within each building. Occupancy controls and energyefficient kitchen strategies, such as induction cooking ranges, will help achieve the target EUI of 22. In addition to energy savings, daylight and enhanced IAQ were high priorities for the school. Spatial Daylight Autonomy modeling software was used during design so that daylighting goals were met.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2019 (Phase I)

Size: 168,000 SF

Cost: $45,000,000

Project Type: New Construction Awards / Certifications: AIA Education Facility Design, 2021

Shadow Creek High School

Alvin Independent Schools District | Alvin, Texas

Shadow Creek High School, located just south of Houston, Texas, is not only Alvin Independent Schools’ most energy efficient high school, but one of the most energy efficient schools in the country. The 550,000 square-foot facility operates at an Energy Use Intensity (EUI) of 22 kBtu/sf/yr, saving Alvin ISD on utility costs. In the high school’s first full year of operation, the utility costs were $0.55 per square foot.

Shadow Creek High School serves approximately 2,500 students and includes an auditorium and natatorium. With a 4.5% student growth rate (or approximately 1,200 new students a year), Alvin ISD aggressively pursues energy efficient systems that assist in helping control

expanding operational costs. The design team’s focus involved reducing building load and central plant capacity, ensuring that spaces were daylit correctly, and ensuring that systems were easily maintainable by AISD staff.

Project at a Glance Completion: 2016

Size: 550,000 SF

Cost: $90,000,000

Project Type: New Construction Awards / Certifications:

2018 William and Caudill Award Excellence in Planning and Design

Higher Education

With higher education, we have an opportunity to help our clients create a world conducive to learning, creativity, and longevity. We understand the need to keep buildings on campus modern, inviting, and functional while maintaining flexible spaces for interactive learning that will allow for future technological change. Our team has successfully provided services for hundreds of higher education institutions, with projects ranging from wellness centers, classrooms, research and student-life facilities to comprehensive infrastructure and sustainability master planning.

83M Square Feet

$9B+ Construction Value

University of Cincinnati, Health Sciences Building Cincinnati, Ohio

Centennial Village

University of Miami | Coral Gables, Florida

Located on Lake Osceola at the heart of the University of Miami’s campus, Centennial Village will replace four existing high-rise buildings with 550,000 square feet of new residence halls and a 40,000 square foot dining facility. One of the primary goals of this project is to create a strong sense of community among the residence village, which will house most of the university’s freshman class.

The building design will highly focus on occupant health and wellness. The building will use chilled beams for heating and cooling with a Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS), heat recovery chillers for domestic hot water generation, and HLR air scrubbers for higher indoor air quality. Modeling was carried out to optimize daylight access and to determine areas of the building which should be provided with active circadian lighting systems to support healthy sleep cycles.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2023 estimated

Size: 680,000 SF

Cost: $208,000,000

Project Type: New Facility

Awards / Certifications:

LEED Gold Targeted

WELL Targeted

University Recreation Center

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte, North Carolina

CMTA was selected to provide commissioning services for this new, five-level, 150,000 SF health and wellness facility. Spaces include the following:

– Office and administration areas.

– Fitness spaces include cardio, selectorized, free weights and functional training areas.

– Multipurpose and group fitness space s for instructional-based activities such as spinning, kickboxing, Pilates, yoga, Zumba, etc.

– Locker Rooms will include showers, changing rooms and restrooms.

Natatorium with lap pool and recreational pool.

– Support spaces including meeting rooms, laundry, storage, breakrooms and maintenance.

The commissioning team fulfilled the requirements of UNC Charlotte and in compliance with NC General Statute 143-135.35-.40 (SB 668). The process structure is based on ASHRAE Guideline 0-2013, ASHRAE Guideline 1.1-2007, ASHRAE Guideline 202-2013 and practices by the NEBB Commissioning Standard. Systems commissioning included, but are not limited to: HVAC systems, Electrical systems, Pool systems (water heater, filter and pumping systems), Lighting and control systems, etc.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2020

Size: 150,000 SF

Cost: $66,000,000

Project Type: New Facility

25% Energy Reduction

Massachusetts Hall

Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts

To say this building is rich with history would be an understatement. Built in 1720, which even predates the creation of the United States, Massachusetts Hall housed the Continental Army during the American Revolution and now serves as a dormitory for students and senior level office space for the President and Provost of the University. Mass Hall is officially recognized as a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service, highlighting it as a location that “possessed exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States.”

One of the most critical challenges of this project was to maintain the historical and architectural beauty of the building while also updating the engineering to the 21st century with efficient and quiet systems. The low floor-tofloor height and the historical significance of this building required innovation and creativity for the engineering team.

The final solution implemented an extremely low-velocity VAV system that integrated small vertical duct risers within the wall pilasters and millwork. Once the $13M project concluded, the President and Provost of the University complimented CMTA on the swift completion of such a challenging project that was on a very tight schedule.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2017

Size: 22,000 SF

Cost: $13,000,000

Project Type: Renovation

Awards / Certifications:

National Historic Landmark

ASHRAE National Technology Award - Honorable Mention

Healthy Kentucky Research Building

University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky

The University of Kentucky’s Medical Research Building 2 is a state-of-the-art, 306,000 SF facility for researchers in the biomedical (medicine, pharmacy, nursing, health sciences), psychology (animal researchers), agriculture (animal researchers), Arts and Sciences (biology, chemistry) and engineering (imagers, computational) fields. CMTA was responsible for the lighting, plumbing, laboratory gas, fire suppression, and central plant expansion design.

The laboratory’s spaces are flexible and open, allowing users to adjust and modify the space to fit their needs. This includes:

– Vivarium totaling 12,800 GSF

8,000 GSF imaging space

96 benches of biomedical wet lab space

– Flexible lab/offices

– Central lobby forum space and café

100-seat auditorium

– Space for imaging equipment on the lower level

– Computational dry lab space

– Shelled space for future fit-up

This research building provides the University with a modern laboratory and vivarium facility for the study of health disparities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The building’s mechanical system is served by the campus’ chilled water and high-pressure steam systems supplemented by a heat recovery chiller within the facility. The building’s heating and cooling is provided by chilled beams. The air supplied to wet labs is 100% outside air provided by air handling units located in a rooftop penthouse.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2018

Size: 306,000 SF Cost: $265,000,000

Project Type: New Facility

Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory

North Dakota State University | Fargo, North Dakota

The modern, highly efficient North Dakota State University Veterinary Diagnostics Lab was designed to provide the university and surrounding areas with the resources to support veterinary science research and advancement. The new facility offers expanded laboratory and office space and features significant layout enhancements for safety and efficiency.

The lab contains top-of-the-line technology and equipment and provides testing and diagnostic services for veterinarians, animal owners and producers, and the public health sector. The facility offers services for toxicology, bacteriology, virology, molecular diagnostic, clinical and anatomic pathology, parasitology, and serology testing. With a 2-ton capacity crane and incinerator, the staff is able to move and dispose of large specimens.

The building includes several environmental design features. It is situated on an east-west linear basis to provide abundant tempered daylighting into the laboratory spaces on the north side of the building. The facility also employs a geothermal system for heating and cooling to aid in energy and carbon reduction and lower operating costs.

The lab contains Biosafety Levels 2 & 3 rooms suitable for work with infectious agents. The laboratory is fully accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2017

Size: 24,000 SF

Cost: $18,000,000

Project Type: New Facility

Health Innovation Center

Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights, Kentucky

Northern Kentucky University embarked on an ambitious addition/renovation project at Founders Hall, creating NKU’s secondlargest academic building totaling 210,000 square feet with a 108,000 square-foot addition. This new $97,000,000 building creates a truly interdisciplinary education opportunity that will be used to help train future healthcare professionals in and around the region.

NKU wanted to pursue energy conservation aggressively. The existing building was connected to the campus’s central chilled water and steam utilities; however, the design team implemented a hybrid approach utilizing both campus utilities

as well as a new geothermal well field which would serve a portion of the existing building. This hybrid approach used water source heat pumps in the classrooms, chilled beams in the laboratory spaces, and traditional VAV air handling units in the Vivarium. The result was a building designed with an EUI of 68, which utilizes 50% less energy than the baseline code requirements.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2018

Size: 210,000 SF

Cost: $93,000,000

Project Type: New Facility

Healthcare

Effective engineering services in healthcare is a passion of ours, and it shows in the care and attention to detail we put into every project. Whether it’s a small clinic or large hospital, specialized expertise in healthcare must be a top priority across the design team. The mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems are critical elements to these buildings. We understand that special attention must be given to the design regarding infection control, equipment functionality, illumination levels, indoor air quality, operational costs, ROI, and comfort levels for patients, visitors, and staff.

Energy usage in healthcare is amongst the highest for any building type. Therefore, CMTA accepts the challenge to reduce energy use and cost and embraces the national effort to design healthcare facilities that reach the 100 EUI (kBtu/sf) threshold.

273M Square Feet

$18B+ Construction Value

Indiana University Health, Bloomington Regional Academic Health Center Bloomington, Indiana

Riverview Health Westfield Hospital

Westfield, Indiana

The project team was tasked to design a full-service facility that included 20 private patient rooms, a combined urgent care emergency department, and state-of-the-art surgery rooms. The upper floors of the facility include outpatient services. This design was required to meet the owner’s sustainability goals, while maintaining brand consistency.

The outstanding energy results of Riverview Health’s Westfield Hospital match its beauty. Comparing the ENERGY STAR hospital portfolio manager to a median hospital, this facility utilizes almost half the energy. This facility’s energy costs are around $2 per square foot, while the average median facility would use nearly $4 per square foot.

Westfield Hospital has been requested by the American Society of Healthcare Engineers to discuss the methodology used to have a hospital performing with an EUI of less than 100.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2018

Size: 108,000 SF

Cost: $48,000,000

Project Type: New Facility

Awards / Certifications: AIA Healthcare Design, 2019

CMTA provided great energy modeling data to ensure the financial performance of the geothermal system. Now that the system has been in operation for a year, its energy use is extremely low, and we are realizing the predicted return on the investment.

— Scott Tripp, Riverview Health

Altru Health System Hospital

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Altru Health System has a vision of a new era in healthcare. This vision includes prioritizing the patient and family experience, implementing cutting-edge technology, expanding clinic services, and integrating physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. The design team is helping bring this vision to life through a collaborative and innovative process.

The site is surrounded by green space, which is utilized in the hospital campus design to provide a calm and healing atmosphere. Each of the 200 patient rooms contains at least one window providing views of the outdoors. Our lighting

designers emphasize the natural light to minimize the use of artificial light when necessary.

One unique feature of the mechanical design is the use of a water-side economizer. This eliminates the need for air side economizers, which reduces humidification loads and normalizes building pressure.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2024 Estimated

Size: 530,000 SF

Cost: $470,000,000

Project Type: New Facility

Bloomington Hospital & Academic Health

IU Health | Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington Hospital & Academic Health Campus is a new 735,000 square foot acute care facility along with an educational facility tied to Indiana University. The facility brings state-of-the-art equipment and procedures to the residents of Bloomington and surrounding areas. Services include, obstetrics, diagnostics, ICU, and surgery, to name a few.

At the start of the project, IU Health had an aggressive plan for involving the local design community to help with the many pieces of this facility. CMTA was a part of that design group, and at the time, our Technology Solutions group was the only firm selected to work on all buildings and parts of the project. As the project started to develop and schedules refined, CMTA was asked to meet the design needs of the entire acute care facility.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2021

Size: 765,000 SF

Cost: $335,000,000

Project Type: New Construction Awards / Certifications:

– Targeted LEED Silver

Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts

CMTA’s knowledge and attention to detail made this difficult project a major success with energy savings of $1.5M. Thanks to their expertise, we have the most resilient hospital cogen plant in Boston.

— Bob Biggio, Boston Medical Center

$1.5M Annual Utility Savings

Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) main objectives for a cogeneration plant were to reduce energy cost, reduce their carbon footprint, and increase the resiliency of their inpatient care buildings, totaling 1.5 million square feet during a major campus consolidation effort. A single 2 Megawatt internal combustion engine cogen system offered BMC the best return on investment and enough power to keep their most critical inpatient care buildings energized and heated in the event of an extended normal electric power outage or another catastrophic event. This cogen system provides $1.5M of annual operating savings.

As significant energy reductions are a cornerstone goal for BMC, so is carbon neutrality. As a result, BMC engaged in the largest collaborative power purchase agreement (PPA) in the United States. 16 megawatts of the 60 megawatt solar field is allocated to BMC to make BMC a zero-energy campus. Through the cogen, PPA, and campus consolidation strategies, BMC has reduced its carbon footprint by 90% since 2011.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2019

Size: 1,500,000 SF

Cost: $13,500,000

Project Type: Existing Facility Planning & Design Awards / Certifications:

Zero Energy / Carbon Neutral

Practice Greenhealth: Top 25 Green Hospital Nationally

Becker’s 60 Greenest Hospitals in America

Commercial + Industrial

When designing systems for office and commercial buildings, we place emphasis on the balance between comfort and budget. The needs of these spaces are often changing based on the building’s lease cycle, so the design needs to be flexible and accommodating to change.

CMTA’s industrial experience includes a wide variety of clean room and controlled environments — many that serve pharmaceutical, research, manufacturing, and micro-electronics industries. This has included campus-wide infrastructure upgrades, energy conservation upgrades, new construction, and renovation projects. As design consultants who focus on sustainability and workplace wellness, we offer strategies to improve employee performance while reducing building operating costs.

89M Square Feet

$13B+ Construction Value

Microsoft Vista Office Fargo, North Dakota

McCormick Spice Global Headquarters

Hunt Valley, Maryland

McCormick Spice, the global leader in spices and flavorings, contracted CMTA to help plan and execute a new 380,000 square foot headquarters to consolidate over one thousand staff members from four buildings into a single facility. McCormick’s goal for the project was to improve collaboration and communication across its departments and create a facility that represented the brand principles of sustainability, purity, innovation, and passion for flavor.

The building is designed to operate at 38 EUI. Solar domestic water heating and rough-ins for a future 915 KW solar photovoltaic parking canopy system will offset over 25% of the predicted annual

energy use for the building. CMTA’s Consulting and Commissioning teams worked to make the owner’s goals and targets a reality. A CMTA SPHERE virtual building energy dashboard was equipped to the building to allow users to view live energy data and explore the building and its sustainable features.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2018

Size: 380,000 SF

Cost: $125,000,000

Project Type: New Facility Awards / Certifications:

– LEED NC Gold

– Zero Energy Ready

9.8 Performed

CMTA Energy Solutions Corporate Office

Louisville, Kentucky

CMTA is a firm that has built our reputation on research and data-driven design. When it was time to build a new office building, we decided to go beyond high-performance design techniques to engineer a building showcasing both health and wellness strategies and Zero Energy design.

The CMTA Energy Solutions Corporate Office achieved a new milestone in high-performance buildings. It is the first Zero Energy and WELL Gold Certified building in the state of Kentucky. Many CMTA projects have been Zero Energy certified or have incorporated WELL features, but this was our first opportunity to achieve both. We wanted our engineers and clients to have a real-world example of the impact that a Zero Energy WELL Certified building can have.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2018

Size: 25,000 SF

Cost: $3,500,000

Project Type: New Facility

Awards / Certifications:

Zero Energy

WELL Gold

Aldevron Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

Aldevron is a company of forward-thinking, thought-leading, and innovative individuals working together to advance biological sciences worldwide. It’s the kind of company with a mission, vision, and values that resonate with us.

Our team was part of Aldevron’s first 70,000 square-foot office building design in Fargo. The current building, completed in 2018, is used for the production of DNA and protein products, while the expansion includes three new buildings. The first new building contains a 20,000 SF warehouse and distribution center. Given the nature of the space, temperature and humidity control are present at floor and mid-height, and are validated continuously per GMP standards.

The second building is an administration building, and the third is an industry-leading research and development center with technological operations and a training center.

The new facilities will support the company’s growth and accommodate more than 1,000 employees.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2021

Size: 189,000 SF

Project Type: Addition & Renovation

Samsung Solution Center

Washington, D.C.

Samsung, a leader in electronic equipment design and manufacturing, desired to build a facility in Washington, DC, to display and market their latest and greatest product offerings to the government military sector. The facility required the integration of the company’s products into the facility as a real-world demonstration of Samsung’s capabilities.

Facility features for the building consisted of multiple video walls using both LCD and direct view LED displays. A fine pixel pitch video wall was also included on the ceiling of the elevator lobby to make the first step into the building a breathtaking one. Distributed audio and state-of-the-art teleconferencing technology were integrated into the design as well. All of the video transport was routed through the network via encoders and decoders, making the install very scalable and upgradeable as products change and refreshes are necessary.

In the Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality lab, people can take a tour through various experiences using Samsung’s state-of-the-art equipment paired with built-in displays. The technology is capable of giving the spectator a virtual view by the use of AR/VR goggles.

CMTA provided design services with tight coordination with Samsung’s integrator to ensure all systems were cohesively designed and ensured no after-the-fact changes occurred.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2018

Size: 28,500 SF

Cost: $8,000,000

Local Government + Community

We enjoy the opportunity to help local governmental entities provide modern, innovative, and inviting facilities for their employees and communities. With an array of daily operations and special events hosted at these facilities, the mechanical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems must be adaptable to include the various occupancy loads and climates.

We’ve designed hundreds of government and community facilities nationwide with a thoughtful and conscious design process. As a result, we are acutely aware of the unforeseen intricacies and design of older systems and how to bring them back to life without significant impact on the building.

Ultimately, these buildings must be designed cost-effectively with efficient mechanical and electrical systems and equipment to maximize taxpayers’ dollars.

60M Square Feet

$8B+ Construction Value

Rough Rider Event Center Watford City, North Dakota

Lubber Run Community Center

Arlington, Virginia

Through the integration of building and landscape, the Lubber Run Community Center offers a holistic response to an urban challenge -- ultimately creating public space that is greater and greener for residents. Connection to nature and preservation of open space were essential to designing the new building, and as a result, parking and some programs are located underground to allow for increased outdoor amenities at ground level.

This all-electric low EUI building is zeroenergy ready. Lithium battery storage was implemented in the design for demand reduction and resiliency in the system during power outages. The on-site roof-

mounted solar photovoltaics are being purchased via a solar purchase agreement currently in progress.

A roof-mounted photovoltaic array and battery storage system will help to reduce the building’s impact on the grid, as well as increase resilience.

Project at a Glance Completion: 2020

Size: 53,0165 SF

Cost: $39,168,240

Project Type: New Facility Awards / Certifications: Zero Energy LEED Silver

Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

Louisville, Kentucky

On September 15, 2021, the Louisville Regional Airport Authority (LRAA) selected CMTA to execute design and manage construction of terminal improvement projects at their facilities, including the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (LMAIA). As Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR), CMTA is responsible for the design, acquisition, installation, and overall execution of current and future planned improvement projects, including architectural upgrades, energy management, energy conservation measures, and construction reporting services.

The approach to this multi-phased project was developed to enable the execution of currently designed and owner approved projects, while additional terminal improvement plans are developed and analyzed by

LRRA with future work being approved as local and Federal funding allows. The total project cost with all planned work phases is estimated to be between $60M to $100M. The first $30M phase of work, which targets key airport infrastructure needs, has been approved by the LRAA board and began March 1, 2022.

The Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) geothermal system will be the largest of any airport in the United States. It includes 648 vertical wells each drilled 500 feet deep into the earth. The system saves massive amounts of energy by using the earth’s natural temperature to heat in the winter and cool in the summer replacing the need for additional equipment. The HVAC system will increase the amount of outside air that is brought into the

terminals and other spaces, which contributes to a healthier and more comfortable environment for travelers and airport staff.

The geothermal project at Louisville

Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) will cut carbon emissions by more than 80% and cut heating and cooling operating costs by nearly $400,000 per year. This geothermal system will use 40% less energy than traditional heating and cooling systems and will require less maintenance over the course of system life.

Project at a Glance

Completion: Ongoing

Cost: $60,000,000 to $100,000,000

Project Type: Renovation

Historic Fayette County Courthouse

Lexington, Kentucky

The existing historic courthouse was in very poor condition and was completely renovated down to the structure. The new building includes a restaurant, visitors center, offices, and event space.

All mechanical, electrical, and plumbing items were removed from the facility and replaced with new equipment. The existing mechanical system, which previously included a cooling tower located within the historic rotunda, was replaced with a high efficiency variable-refrigerant flow system equipped with heat recovery, connected to a geothermal wellfield.

The new electrical system consists of energy efficient LED lighting throughout the facility, as well as new electrical power distribution throughout. A new access control system was installed throughout the building and tenant fitouts on each floor. The third floor event space contains a full Audio/ Visual system tailored to meet the needs for large events and presentations.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2018

Size: 50,300 SF

Cost: $31,500,000

Project Type: Historic Renovation Awards / Certifications:

2019 Vision Award for Preservation

2018 Honor Award - Kentucky AIA Award for Excellence in Architectural Design

2018 Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation Historic Preservation Award

Cincinnati District 3 Police Headquarters

Cincinnati, Ohio

CMTA was proud to partner with the Cincinnati Police Department on their brand-new District 3 Police Headquarters. Through Data Driven Design and understanding the building’s true purpose, we were able to deliver the nation’s first Zero Energy mission critical facility. The solar power system is generating system 60% more energy than it is consuming! The actual energy consumption of the facility is 26.7 kBtu/sf-yr, which is 24% less than the charette energy goal.

In addition to being Zero Energy, the site storm water is Zero Water. The bio-swales and retention basins retain all storm water onsite to help minimize the city’s current combined sewer problem.

Accomplishing the sustainability and Zero Energy goals within budget was a tribute to the entire team. Achieving this goal will now save the owner $2,000,000 in avoided utility costs over the next 20 years.

Project at a Glance Completion: 2020 Size: 39,600 SF Cost: $14,800,000

Project Type: New Facility Awards / Certifications:

ILFI Zero Energy

LEED Platinum

LBC Petal Certification

CMTA is led and staffed by engineers who have built their careers on complex building system design in many mission-critical facilities worldwide. From Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio to Yokota Air Base in Japan, our project history has demonstrated success with all federal government building types for new projects, additions, renovations, repairs, and upgrades.

We understand the federal government emphasizes resilient design, security, energy reduction, and a reduced dependency on the utility grid – all areas where CMTA excels. CMTA partners across the country with large and small A/E firms bringing a robust portfolio of high-performance design that has proven to be a winning differentiator.

24M Square Feet

$4B+ Construction Value

US Army National Guard KY, Boone Aviation Support Facility Frankfort, Kentucky

Randolph AFB B Wing

Headquarters

USACE Ft. Worth | San Antonio, Texas

As the first Zero Energy facility on Randolph AFB, the design of this building raised the bar for delivering high-performance federal facilities within budget. CMTA teamed with Seven Generations to design this sustainable, state-of-the-art Air Force Headquarters, replacing the original B Wing of Building 499 and providing new administrative space for an Air Force Personnel Center. The total construction budget for this twostory, 68,000 SF project is $32,864,000.

CMTA was engineer of record for Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Lighting, Communication, Audio-visual, and Technology. All systems have been designed to exceed the requirements of the high performance UFC 1-200-02. In addition, the team ensured that technology and AV systems complied with cyber security regulations and Department of Defense anti-terrorism/force protection requirements, as well as provided design-phase commissioning.

CMTA leveraged our building science leadership to help the team find optimization opportunities. The results of this effort found significant structural improvements that greatly improved the envelope while also reducing costs. The team continued to optimize the design to find additional savings opportunities; this allowed the team to design a zero energy facility within budget.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2021

Size: 68,000 SF

Cost: $32,864,000

Project Type: New Facility Awards / Certifications: Zero Energy Targeted

US Army National Guard Aviation Support Facility

USACE Louisville District | Boone National Guard KY

The Boone National Guard Aviation Support Facility is the most energy efficient aviation hangar in the world, operating at 15 kBtu/ sf/yr. The project is Net Zero Ready, and easily achieved LEED Gold, by achieving all 19 points for EA Credit 1 – Energy Optimization, including an exemplary point and regional priority credit for a total of 21 points. The project bid under budget, and the Kentucky National Guard was able to install an 80 kW monocrystalline photovoltaic system. The 80 kW photovoltaic system will offset 20% of the total building energy usage. The building infrastructure is in place to increase the photovoltaic system and allow for 100% energy offset.

A radiant slab heating system was used in the maintenance bays, with ground source heat pump water heaters for hot water generation. The 90°F hot water heating temperature increased the heat pump

efficiency by 20%, operating at a COP of 5.4. High volume, low velocity fans were used for summer time ventilation. The two story administration and operation space is conditioned using an enhanced geothermal HVAC system with dedicated outdoor air unit with energy recovery. All LED lighting was used in the administration space, and high efficiency linear fluorescents in the maintenance bay. A building pressurization test was included in the project requirements, and the maintenance bays passed at an air leakage of 0.19 cfm per square feet of building envelope.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2015

Size: 122,000 SF

Cost: $31,000,000

Project Type: Renovation & Addition Awards / Certifications: LEED Gold

Madigan Army Medical Center

USACE Little Rock District | Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington

Madigan Army Medical Center is building 0940 at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Tacoma Washington. This is one of the largest Army hospitals in the world at 1,233,136 sq ft. CMTA & Guidon JV were tasked with replacing the emergency side electrical gear for the facility including generators, electrical gear, and transfer switches. This facility must remain fully operational and cannot be shutdown anytime during design or construction.

CMTA performed all mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection design for this project. The design included enhanced due diligence which included metering all 32 transfer switches as well as a full facility Arc Flash study. This project also required the relocation of the existing 40,000 gallon underground fuel storage tanks which will facilitate planned future expansion. CMTA was tasked to design a new fuel delivery and storage system that offered 14 days of on-site storage. The most critical component of this project is the construction sequencing that allows the facility to stay operational.

The CMTA-Guidon team is designing a small bump out addition to house the new generators which allows the existing generators to stay operational. Once the new generators are operational, the old generators can be decommissioned thus freeing up critical square footage within the existing facility to accommodate the new emergency gear. This leap frog approach allows the facility to remain operational at all times and fully backed up with emergency protection.

Project at a Glance

Completion: 2021

Size: 1,233,000 SF

Cost: $42,000,000

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